Show mrs Wilver tons ball new york afro alison satan her bereacy easy chair and tapped barfoot her loot impatiently as ebe abe worked mr alison paced the fl 0 uneasily and frowned darkly etwas it was evident there w as a storm bieging ia the a dome domestic atmosphere indeed the first faint d drops p oab ct f the comi comicz nit shower were already pa pate terian down on the dainty drew dress mra atra allison was embroidering embroider ing for or her beloved baby for pit sake mind 11 boke for forth h hr heize lord dont bei nry y I 1 in n if why cant you be sensible a and 5 lo 10 k et at be the matter in a sensible ee way it ought not to be ao so hard for or ou to yield to my wishes when I 1 bae base go d reasor a lor fr asking you yon to do it beside 1 I dont know what yon call d aone ie fobbe t aland you dont know the Wil that you L alti ulti wish me to five give up their heir bal ba 1 such a magnificent as iti its going to 0 o be too die the ch chief f af 1 my reasone arufe brufe I 1 dont kuga anything a out iv delther tor for nor fl alem but the niane mans face facein is enough biro him I 1 trust him a an inch oat out of 0 my a yure can be criel M me Ms s allon indignantly to eay say each unjust things about a er of you know nothing I 1 dj believe 0 3 a i alous ol 01 him because he be waa aa eo so 0 t tj in me at MIB mrs fitzgeralds Filzer alde party sir air Alli alleion ion lealou Jea loue 1 I 1 hope I 1 quite auh fuch a 1 fool but I 1 do think yon you careless ca relesa in laking up ith people so rashly you known ibe the family a adouth and yet aire wilverton ie is as so much at b home ome here bare as if the house belonged t to oher her I 1 dont like it and I 1 express 1 ly y desire that you will see as little of i either her or her ae as ia is possible until gom something ething more ie Is known of both ot theia do I 1 ieh you to decline their invitation to this ball al 1 I 1 dont want my nife lie known know tins the hosen friend of a pair of adaven 11 and having delivered this decision mr alison walked out of the room thereat bis his pretty wife was justly ind coant cant ae as well as at what be had bad said aid anger had dr dried I 1 ed t tte tt re e teara tears upon her cheek cheeks aa so ebo she mattered mott ered adaven turere indeed as if it that were parisi his I 1 am euie sure that mr and mrs wilverton are ae as elegant and retired ae as any people of our alq and everybody says the ball will be magnificent and everybody every body is going lo 10 too and d and so am 1 I 1 I wil wilnot not deprived be deprived of every little pleasure I 1 chance 11 ce to care for b u e fred chooses to dictate in t chit hi bec los laidly d 1 y manner I 1 shall go to the ball in spite of him ameo to there I 1 and the little foot came down with emp emphasis basis upon tho the soft carpet be urath death it it thu thus it wae was that mr and mrs ali son so bearly quarreled this bright morn morning ing in early december the Wilver tona bad issued cards for a grand reception and ball to nearly alt all the elite ot of the town had responded favorably could mrs alison decline she did not intend to at all events yet a t it was with rather a failing falling heart that she penned her bar acceptance of the invitation and commenced he her r for the great oa event lobe had Is never yet in their pleasant married life acted so wilfully flit tilly in opp opposition to her husbands wishes but this time she felt herself in part excusable it if he had aked me not to ro go she 11 halt 1 I might have better of it but I 1 ba be commanded command pd I 1 marry to become lay my husbands oae oa ua e and arid ill go to this bait baill if only to enow show him tb that A t I 1 can think for myself and shall ac act t as I 1 choose whether he objects or no not yon you see the little lady was wao faba wet it log herself op ur to a avery very liegl 1 I ditc pitch h ot of virtuous I 1 a diga Atlon and A ebe was je c arcely dis vostA to py pay acx attention to the faint moul tiona a I 1 conaci ce e racially specially rici ally ally when it dared to hl r that e at ebe he was as w brooe r 0 the eight of the ball ca came m lne around at iet lost as all things 18 do when ben patiently waited for at breakfast I 1 mrs alison had announced to bor her I 1 burband her bar intentions of attending the hall ball you are not in earnest he eaid indeed I 1 am was the defiant reply my aly preparations are all completed and sire airs laighton L hils offered mo me a seat in her bar carriage in case you persist in not escorting me yourself youre elf 1 I ly shall not go her huband husband answered firmly and I 1 cannot believe my little wife will ga go I 1 without mu me he be added bleama give me a kiss puss and ind when I 1 come home thia evan evening inz I 1 trust yon you will have pat put all this nonsense noce ense out of your head by bybe i bu bar hie his wi e would 1 not loik lonk lo ik at him when he kissed her and stamped etan aped her tier fort to t angrily as the door closed cl aeed bebin behin him and abe she hie his careless cai elees whistle as he ran don down the steps im not a bab baby ebe she eald said to her felt relf and I 1 wont be mated treated like one he ile bad find out that I 1 can go with out him and be di I 1 come to a realf realizing zink sense of the fact when be became came to din ner that evening ir lightly upstairs up beaire to 0 o their bourn the first bight net n ct hie his am z d eyes was his pretty wile in full robee robes ivell well dear ebe she said wl h a slight affection of unconsciousness that she was vexing him in the least yon see I 1 hare have decided to go after A all I 1 how do daou on like my drese dress I 1 dressed sied early on for fur you a to see it mr alciem Kl short as ehe spoke with hand ut uplifted lifted blaud and he ho eaid said in n a vexed way what d does th this A tn arnsan ian have you forgo tinn mn so quick 7 ehe she ani livered lightly 1 it is ibe the wilver tone tons ball you know I 1 told voa von thie this morning mrs afro L dighton had offered to call all for me and find brine bring me home again dant you remember 1 I remember something yoa you seem to have for forgotten fore gotte otten was the cold alv that is ie that I 1 I 1 did I 1 id not and do not want you to go goto to this ball those Wilver tona tons are not fit viso people 1 le tor for you to associate with in of f t that t I 1 am certain hil the town is ie I 1 full u 1 ID of f rumors against them and I 1 predict that you will cod bad but faw fow decent people there to what nonsense you are talking ebe she eaid laid genuinely surprised now why I 1 know there are plenty of the beat 1 people focasi L roin I 1 have scarcely arcely ec met one wh who 0 hase has declined the invitation that may be was the quiet reply but many men who have heard as much and more than I 1 have wilt will change their minds tonight to night and keep theme ives elvee and still heir famiie knofe who do RO go will be very sorry lor for it I 1 am very eure sure what terrible things have you efard I 1 should like to know she asked halt convinced only rumors I 1 own be answered but they are bad enough wai was never as much smoke without a little fire ill I 1 mra alra alison interrupted him with blazing eyes rumors 3 indeed I 1 you need say no more I 1 do not believe belleve one pric word of I 1 it t all and I 1 shall go that is decided but maud bland 1 I dont wish to bear any more I 1 am going and ehe she went went with mrs leighton when ebe she called for her went with a smiling face and an angry rebellious heart th the Wilver Wll tons geeteh her bar with e effusion hut but there were very few 0 of her set present somehow the at rooe mo phere sphere seemed a different one from what hat she had been accuLto accustomed med to there were ere a number of strangers lra prefect ladies and gentle gentlemen the h former did d cot not impress her favorably y nod and the latter seemed rither demon v a in their devotions to the fairer fa rex ex mr wilverton made roads her uncomfortable table moreover with tua his persistent attention and altogether the she was not sorry i he hen 31 L li agton proposed return returning in chome home toey ent early and moat bf cf their part pari kulir lular set followed fallowed fall Lill owed in their wake those at least who bad had not gone before very little conversation pissed passed I 1 between mr aad and M r a allison that night iery ery little fr some d days there thereafter arial lie himself j are t A ag d and was indignant accordingly bhe felt herself in the wrong wa to proud ta t own it and was miserable in cons quence ilean blean while the whispers pera against the Wilver tons in number and hoipo it b gan to be generally cooc ded that th ihre thre re was wa 0 bething me thing about them aad and people wl alo bad had taken them up on trust were gradually dropping their ance mra afro alison homeer ho o 0 weer prided herself on being no LO pummer friend and her intimacy witti with ahe wilver tons seemed in no a le ire dimin labed se med I 1 eay for the che wai wall growing tu to dislike them both sit ebe she nw more and more of them sire afro Wilver tools dashing ways waysee seemed emed clotree now and no words could tell liow how ehe she wai growing to laithe the be man who tio grew more bald bold and outspoken in hie his ad nitration tf ch eh day B it the end was very near mr alison came up to dinner one evening in a hall half subdued tremor of excitement maud dear I 1 have newa news f for fr r you he tie paid striving atri virg to speak dimly calmly hut but lilling signally rig Pig nilly nally in the attempt mrs alison looked up a little eur sur griped at the dear walh had bad f fallen s I 1 an from hie his lipe lips but rarely since that unfortunate ball but truth to tell waa was rather glad to heir hear it again what Is it I 1 Its about the yon ya ree rep ibo he went on hurriedly theres th cree ze been a you know a preal great deal of talk about thein them lately more bayba perhaps pa than you are aware of and people to call them hem adventurers re if it not swindlers lers it seems that they are even worse thin than that what alison sharply ply I 1 criminals I 1 at least leas the man Is lie ile wag arrested this morning by a detective from lond n who hag has been on his track for foursome some time his very boldness in coming here and launching out in the style he has under an assumed name and with all the ap pe arance of erat er irr at wealth had thrown the police off the scent tor for a little while but got him now and hes ilas bate safe for a twenty years term at P portland island at least what has he done asked mrs alison perhaps you will recognize hie his real name it is willis 4 the notorious bank robber the same mrs alison did not speak for man many Y minn tea then ebe she remembered that phe fhe bad apen or had tried to be a friend to mrs wilverton she could not desert her now that eo so terrible a b borrow arrow had fallen upon her will you ring the bell for Licy fhe phe eaid to her bar husband very quietly 1 I want my bonnet and shawl I 1 a am in going to see biro Wilver wilverton tou S she he ought not to be left to bar bear thia this trouble alone and I 1 know of no ono one who will go to her now mr alison slatted matted amazed even chehad be had never realized half the be real nobility that despite her bar faults was inherent lobe in bis his cifes nature she haj had risen now and arid was st andine diot very pale and eull still by the table lie ile nent went to her and pat put his arms around her and drew her head down to bie his breast my noble maud bland was all he laid she cling to him bobbin oh lob fred you d do 0 forgive me for creati tre alini you yo so ba badly y the other highl agh Z pleaded 1 I im m so torry lorry now ll 11 1 4 I ned need forgiveness forgive neg to foi darling for having been sullen he so anea sered ered and we will both forget and forgive shall it not noab bi so 7 she lifted her face and kissed him 1 1 and I poor mrs Wilver wilverton Wil tor fred I 1 will you gt i ot go with 1 1 h me to eee see her I 1 do r rot at like li her hr r really I 1 though I 1 have tried to but I 1 cannot leave her to bear thie alone mr allison held his wife in a close clai clap 1 I had rot old you all dear he said Thee Is isco no MM mrs wilverton or willie willis aa a her name would b if she bid bad any right to biar bldr the oame came bf if the man fhe F he h ha 8 lived with all these aad who if report faye true ruined himself and committed the robbery to gratify her extravagant extra vacant demands fred ill 1 and mrs allibone Alli eone sons face the trew grew ve vey 17 pale palo iou doat mean a that wae was not hie his wife be he answered sternly ernly ct it st as a severe lesson not or only y to mrs allison All but to the leople of bo ion too ano had admired admi teil ted u per bone hil anio otheir society without question simply lecaue e of the lavish di de play cf of they made and it 11 ia safe to bay say a thoroughly effectual eff ednal one moreover ilo rover I 1 here are lew few diff iten ea of opinion between mr and aira allison tiow nowadays she is more willing to take his opinion of people its a correct one ofie and he haa has learned hie his cifes heart too well cot not to trust her motives always it if le he sometimes doubts her judgement jud gement skelly hare have just returned from t ho E tat list and have received ono on a of the finest blocks stocks of pianos and ever shown in ogden which mv be been in their elii elegant aut quarters qu arlera at 2350 washington avenue one ne doir dor dry good etore it w will 1 I pay to call and examine the same before bashing g el elsewhere ethere eldredge banes carry a big block of washburn ashburn VV guntars and mandolins |